§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the weekly cost of keeping a prison inmate in prison in England and Wales as at 8 January.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, Dated 6 February 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the weekly cost of keeping an inmate in prison in England and Wales.The most recent published figures are for the financial year 1993–94 when the average cost per prisoner place per week was £437.
§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual cost at current prices of keeping a man in a high security prison.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter for Derek Lewis to Mr. David Nicholson, dated 6 February 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the annual cost of keeping a prisoner in a high security prison.The annual average net operating cost per prisoner place in dispersal prisons in 1993–94 was £26,671.